{"id":730,"date":"2008-03-02T05:44:26","date_gmt":"2008-03-02T10:44:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/02\/malaysian-prime-minister-gets-feedback-via-the-internet-and-isnt-oss-friendly"},"modified":"2008-03-02T05:50:52","modified_gmt":"2008-03-02T10:50:52","slug":"malaysian-prime-minister-gets-feedback-via-the-internet-and-isnt-oss-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/02\/malaysian-prime-minister-gets-feedback-via-the-internet-and-isnt-oss-friendly","title":{"rendered":"Malaysian Prime Minister gets feedback via the Internet (and isn’t OSS friendly)"},"content":{"rendered":"

It seems that Badawi has caught on the Internet trend. Malaysians can now send their gripes, suggestions, and comments to the Prime Minister, via the Warkah untuk PM<\/a> website.<\/p>\n

\"Warkah<\/a><\/p>\n

Comment to t he Prime Minister in all four<\/strong> languages<\/em><\/p>\n

The Star reports<\/a> that it was the DPM, Najib, who had to launch the website. Whats interesting is that each message from with public will get a response from Abdullah<\/em>, according to Najib. Does this mean that the sleeping PM will now spend all his waking hours responding to email? I highly doubt it. More interestingly, creative and innovative ideas, by the first hundred submitters, will ensure you get to visit the PM. Its gotten the blogosphere talking<\/a>.<\/p>\n

What I don’t get? They fear public debate<\/a>, seeing that there’s easy comparison now with the American elections, yet they are interested in hearing public gripes and responding to them?<\/p>\n

On open source friendliness…<\/strong>
\nWhat pisses me off? The website is running<\/a> Windows Server 2003, on IIS\/6.0. This is even more a waste of public money for a site that is simply a feedback form.<\/p>\n

In comparison to the open source friendly, DAP<\/a>, PKR<\/a>, and PAS<\/a>. I’m impressed, they all run Linux, save for the latter, in where PAS runs FreeBSD with the Suhosin-Patched PHP. All served up via Apache HTTPD, and DAP has got a smattering of lighttpd even.<\/p>\n

For what it is worth, Barisan Nasional’s website, bn2008, is also running<\/a> Windows Server 2003 and IIS\/6.0. Disgusting.<\/em><\/p>\n

If they can waste your ringgit<\/em> on buying proprietary software licenses, when there are clearly open source alternatives, can you trust them with spending and budgeting for a country?<\/p>\n

Technorati Tags: abdullah badawi<\/a>, najib<\/a>, warkah untuk pm<\/a>, website<\/a>, feedback to the prime minister<\/a>, public debate<\/a>, public spending<\/a>, open source<\/a>, windows server 2003<\/a>, iis<\/a><\/p>\n

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